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4Sight is 451 Research's longer-term look into the future of information technology. This Spotlight is the first of a series that will highlight multiple subthemes explored within our main 4Sight report. We start with Invisible Infrastructure: The Age of Consumption.

With the deal, the search and advertising giant has added connected product management IoT platform capabilities to its lengthy roster of IoT offerings - from connected and self-driving cars to thermostats and enterprise cloud services.

Now in preview, the service facilitates agentless discovery and assessment of VMware resources, maps dependencies, and plans migration of applications to Azure. Support for transitioning to Azure from Hyper-V, other public clouds and physical machines is on the roadmap.

The current state of the IT market requires a new framework to discuss and explore the many forces that are at work reshaping it. 4Sight pulls together client feedback and market insight to create a better way to prepare for the what's ahead. This is the introduction of what we will be using as a lens to view the future.

Will enterprise blockchains go live in 2018? IBM is betting big on it. Supply chains are a strategic area of focus for the company, and with the recently announced IBM/Maersk joint venture in particular, it is committed to advance global trade digitization using blockchain technology.

As part of its managed public cloud service, 2nd Watch examines and optimizes the whole spectrum of cloud cost-reduction opportunities on an ongoing basis. With cloud pricing never more complex, tools and advice will become ever more important for enterprises seeking best value.